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Tisha L. N. Emerson; KimMarie McGoldrick – Journal of Economic Education, 2024
Using data from 11 institutions, the authors investigate enrollments in intermediate microeconomics to determine characteristics of successful and unsuccessful students and follow the retake behavior of unsuccessful students. Successful students are significantly different from unsuccessful ones, and unsuccessful students differ by type…
Descriptors: Microeconomics, Student Attrition, Withdrawal (Education), Academic Persistence
William Bosshardt – Journal of Economic Education, 2024
In the early 1940s, Black artist Jacob Lawrence painted a series of 60 panels that are now collectively called "The Migration Series." The panels tell the story of how Black Americans migrated from the South to the North, beginning with World War I. The panels provide an uncommon example of the intersection of economics, Black American…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Art, Diversity, African Americans
Kojic, Vedran; Krpan, Mira; Lukac, Zrinka – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2021
One of the fundamental topics taught in the microeconomics class is minimizing economic costs. It includes understanding the concept of derivatives and applying them. However, most of the first-year undergraduate students find calculus difficult to understand, which also results in poor knowledge of optimization. We use the method based on the…
Descriptors: Microeconomics, Mathematical Concepts, Costs, Mathematics Instruction
Wardoyo, Cipto; Narmaditya, Bagus Shandy; Wibowo, Agus – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2021
This study highlights the importance of metacognitive awareness of economics students and examines the relationship between Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Metacognitive awareness among economics students. This research was conducted in the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Malang of Indonesia by employing economics students as the subject…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Economics Education, Microeconomics
Vasiliki Brinia; Aris Plios; Paraskevi Psoni – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2024
Playfulness as a learning technique is applied into the present research in a group of adult learners. Initially, a game scenario was designed and implemented for the subject of microeconomics. Following a qualitative research methodology, through observation and interviews with ten participants before and after the playful activity, the results…
Descriptors: Play, Game Based Learning, Microeconomics, Learning Activities
Christopher D. Azevedo – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2023
The use of online courses has expanded dramatically at institutions of higher education over the last several decades. Appropriate design of an online course is instrumental in determining the quality of the student experience and the amount of material students retain from the class. However, the instructor has a tremendous amount of freedom when…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design, Economics Education
Paxton, Julia – Journal of Economic Education, 2021
Supported by the Learning by Giving Foundation or other philanthropic sources, many college courses are allowing students to give away charitable grants to nonprofit organizations. In this article, the author shares the experience of a Learning by Giving Economics of Altruism class taught at an introductory level. The class is taught using best…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Economics Education, Altruism, Microeconomics
Opstad, Leiv – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2021
If the ranking of students is based on grade scores independent of the selected college or university, it is critical to have an equal national measurement standard. It is a challenge to ensure this if there is a substantial difference in the composition of the students and enrolment requirements among colleges. Based on three different types of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Business Schools, Grading
Carson, Katherine Silz; Adams, Hiuko; Gonzalez-Ramirez, Jimena; Heinicke, Craig; Latham, James Michael; Maier, Mark; Malakar, C. Lucy; Ruder, Phil; Simkins, Scott P. – Journal of Economic Education, 2021
The authors of this article describe the design and implementation of a multi-site randomized controlled trial of team-based learning (TBL) application exercises (AE) in introductory economics courses that use TBL. For each of the four study modules that are common across sites, a site is assigned to either the treatment or control version of the…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Barriers, Introductory Courses, Economics Education
Stone, Daniel F. – Journal of Economic Education, 2022
The author of this article describes a game-theory-based economics class on how people should, and do, form beliefs, communicate, and make decisions under uncertainty. Topics include Bayesian and non-Bayesian belief updating, the value of information, communication games, advertising, political media, and social learning. The only prerequisite is…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Economics Education, Concept Formation, Beliefs
Schneider, Patricia Higino – Journal of Economic Education, 2021
How does one learn how to think like an economist without understanding what economists do? Using outside readings can be an effective and straightforward pedagogical tool to teach economic concepts and to expose students to the wide range of topics and methods economists use in their research. Improving students' understanding of what economists…
Descriptors: Reading Assignments, News Reporting, Economics Education, Microeconomics
Andrews, Thomas P. – Journal of Economic Education, 2021
The author of this article discusses the extensive use and analysis of real-world situations as the core construct on which to build a course in principles of microeconomics. Building on the literature that focuses on current event readings, the goal here is to train students to be able to "do economics." The author details course…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Microeconomics, Reading Materials, Current Events
Harrison, Scott; Villano, Renato; Lynch, Grace; Chen, George – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2021
Early alert systems (EAS) are an important technological tool to help manage and improve student retention. Data spanning 16,091 students over 156 weeks was collected from a regionally based university in Australia to explore various microeconometric approaches that establish links between EAS and student retention outcomes. Controlling for…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, School Holding Power, Integrated Learning Systems, Microeconomics
Happ, Roland; Nagel, Marie-Theres; Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga; Schmidt, Susanne – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
In this study, we examine the knowledge of students in a master program in business and economics and explore whether migration-specific influences can be determined. We tested the knowledge of 1,451 students from 40 universities in Germany in the content areas of accounting, finance, and microeconomics. Migration background had a significant…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Business Administration Education, Economics Education
Federiakin, Denis; Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga; Kardanova, Elena; Kühling-Thees, Carla; Reichert-Schlax, Jasmin; Koreshnikova, Yuliya – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2022
In this paper, we present a study, which models and measures the competencies of higher education students in business and economics--within and across countries. To measure student competencies in a valid and reliable way, the Test of Understanding in College Economics was used, which assesses microeconomic and macroeconomic competencies. The…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Undergraduate Students, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries